You learn a thing or two in the span of a twelve-year career behind the corporate walls of a Fortune 500 company and today, while sunning in my balcony, I started thinking about all of the promising employees in Corporate America and Corporate Europe and Corporate Anywhere.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. I started thinking about me first! [Read more…] about The 3 Secrets to Staying Motivated In A Corporate Job
“Fail, fail really big and have the courage to stick around to make them wonder why you are smiling. That’s true greatness to me!”
The character of Claire from the movie “Elizabethtown”
If it weren’t for the courage of many to aspire for higher ground, we would be deprived of a great many things in this world. I shudder to imagine even a fraction of it. I am certain that time alone does not equal progress. Centuries may come to pass but that by itself does not translate to any remarkable progress for mankind. Instead, it is thanks to true courage put forth by men and women who have come generations before us and who left us their life’s work and legacy that we live in the world as we know it today. [Read more…] about Self-Publishing to the Kindle: A Book on Motivation
Entrepreneurship is like having children. I will explain. First of all, it is not for everyone — sorry if that shocks you on either side of the statement; the truth tends to do that to me too. The simple truth is that you must be made for them to survive and thrive.
Much like having children, you fall in love instantly, completely and irreversibly. Love takes but an instant to overwhelm you when the right thing comes along. But with children, you exclaim, there is the physical and biological bond. Not always. Take a look at adopted children; their parents love them instantly, deeply and truly despite lack of those bonds. [Read more…] about 51 Reasons Why Entrepreneurship Is My Path to Fulfillment
Twice now I have heard this feedback – one from an email subscriber who shared it sadly as a reason for leaving my mailing list and another from my devoted client during our 1:1 coaching sessions:
“Feeling overwhelmed with self-improvement and personal development.”
Oh I can more than relate to these feelings; personal development bloggers feel this way too; if they don’t, they are not pushing the envelope hard enough. So today, I decided [Read more…] about Overwhelmed with Self-Improvement? Defeat It with 5 Power Tips
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you
Don’t go back to sleep
You must ask for what you really want
Don’t go back to sleep
Rumi, 13th century Persian poet
In 2006, I read an article by Steve Pavlina on becoming an early riser. I was instantly enthralled. That happens to me a lot, by the way. Green juicing is another example but the early rising story is much better.
Now I know it is easy to be enthralled with ideas when you are not able to even begin to imagine what it takes to accomplish them.
And enthralled I was.
For the next three years, I was undeterred in becoming an early riser [Read more…] about Early Rising: Falling into a Rhythm
I am Farnoosh, the founder of Prolific Living. So glad you are here. My mission is to empower you to unblock your creative genius to live your dream life.
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